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TIL people drown in the dead sea because of how difficult it is to roll over while floating face-down.

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mpbo TIL that there is no reason to expect a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone in the near future. Such events are ‘neither regular nor predictable’.
GY1MQ TIL in April 1998 two women walked onto The Golden Gate Bridge at the same time intending to commit suicide. They did not know each other, but soon realized they were there for the same reason. A patrol officer saw them sitting on the railing, chatting. One jumped, followed by the other.
JKXm TIL a man sold all his possessions including his clothes, went to Las Vegas and bet the whole lot ($136,000) on a single game of roulette with 50/50 odds, and won.
Lk6gQ TIL Some multilingual dyslexics are only dyslexic in one of their languages, and not the other(s).
loXG TIL Bill Clinton was the only President to leave office with an Approval Rating that was higher than when he took office.